£ 30 @ , @ 000 @ , @ 000 ind ##em ##nity paid by china after losing the first sino @ - @ japanese war . as with the earlier fuji and shi ##kis ##hima classes , japan lacked the technology and capability to construct its own battleships , and turned again to the united kingdom for the four remaining battleships of the programme . asahi , the fifth japanese battleship to be built in britain , was ordered from the clyde ##bank engineering & shipbuilding company shipyard in clyde ##bank , scotland in the 1897 annual naval programme . = = design and description = = asahi ' s design was a modified version of the formidable @ - @ class battleships of the royal navy
£ 30 @, @ 000 @, @ 000 indemnity paid by china after losing the first sino @ - @ japanese war. as with the earlier fuji and shikishima classes, japan lacked the technology and capability to construct its own battleships, and turned again to the united kingdom for the four remaining battleships of the programme. asahi, the fifth japanese battleship to be built in britain, was ordered from the clydebank engineering & shipbuilding company shipyard in clydebank, scotland in the 1897 annual naval programme. = = design and description = = asahi's design was a modified version of the formidable @ - @ class battleships of the royal navy